Why I Don’t Drive Bullet-proof Cars – Gov Fayose

 

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has said that he does not drive bullet-proof cars because he has no reason to be scared of his people. In a series of tweets posted on Sunday, the governor said he relied solely on Ekiti people that he, according to him, serves diligently to protect him. “I don’t drive bullet-proof cars. When you are doing the will of the people, there is no need to be scared. When you are in tune with the people, they will protect you. They will stand up for you,” he noted.

Fayose claimed that he managed the finances of the state in a transparent manner, saying he showed documents of the state’s allocations from the Federation Account to the workers after which he disbursed it.

He tweeted, “I go to the radio and television to reveal to the people what we have and how we are going to share it. I call all the workers together whenever money comes and I present the documents to them. I tell them ‘This is all the money.’’

“I left over N10.4bn in the coffer of Ekiti. But I came back to meet debts running to almost N80 billion.”

The governor, who recently survived an impeachment move, boasted that there was no future election in Ekiti he would not have a determining influence on, even if he was no more the governor, because he had won the hearts of ordinary people.

“When you reach out to ordinary people, they do not have an opportunity to come to say, ‘Thank you.’ They will keep their appreciation for a payback date.

“If you look at the process of the botched impeachment, what happened later was a defence put up by the people,” Fayose said.

The governor said he would not advise his colleagues, many of who, he claimed, were carrying huge debt burdens, on how they could tackle the current financial challenge.

Describing Ekiti as his “business”, he urged each state executive to face his challenge.

The governor said he would cooperate with President Muhammadu Buhari, whose electoral success he attributed to the “grace of God.

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